{{Infobox settlement | name = Nazlat 'Isa | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = نزلة عيسى | type = Municipality type D (Village council) | image_skyline = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Nazlat 'Isa within Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|32|24|58|N|35|03|20|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = Palestine&nbsp;grid | grid_position = 155/202 | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = State of Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Tulkarm | established_title = Founded | established_date = | government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | government_type = Village council | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = dunam | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_dunam = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="PrelimCensus2017">{{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref> | population_total = 2302 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = ''Nuzlet el Masfy'': The place of alighting of the side road<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/152/mode/1up 152]</ref> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Nazlat 'Isa''' ({{langx|ar|نزلة عيسى}}) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western West Bank, located {{convert|17|km}} North of Tulkarm.

==History== Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here, as have cisterns and tombs.<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 755</ref>

In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described the village, then named ''Nuzlet el Masfy'' as: "A small village on the low hills, with wells."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/47/mode/1up 47]</ref>

===British Mandate era=== In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Nazlet Esa'' had a population of 203 Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n29/mode/1up 27]</ref> increasing in the 1931 census to 261 Muslims, living in 62 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 56]</ref>

In the 1945 statistics the population of ''Nazlat Isa'' was 380 Muslims,<ref name=DoS1945>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p21.jpg 21]</ref> with 2,030 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Tulkarm/Page-076.jpg 76]</ref> Of this, 684 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 750 were used for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tulkarm/Page-127.jpg 127]</ref> while 12 dunams were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tulkarm/Page-177.jpg 177]</ref>

<gallery> File:Jatt 1942.jpg|Nazlat 'Isa 1942 1:20,000 File:Qaffin 1945.jpg|Nazlat 'Isa 1945 1:250,000 </gallery>

===Jordanian era=== In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Nazlat 'Isa came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of ''Nazlet 'Ise'' was 627.<ref>Government of Jordan, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p27.pdf 27]</ref>

===Post 1967=== Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nazlat 'Isa has been under Israeli occupation.

In 2003, during the Second Intifada, over 60 shops were destroyed by Israeli civil administration bulldozers. The Israeli civil administration claimed that the shops were demolished because they were built without a permit. Palestinians consider Israeli military curfews and property destruction to constitute collective punishment against innocent Palestinians.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2680777.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Israelis flatten West Bank shops|date=21 January 2003|accessdate=4 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="humanitarianinfo_2004">{{cite web|date=March 2004|url=http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/docs/UN/OCHA/Barrierupdate7mar04.pdf|title=The Impact of Israel's Separation Barrier on Affected West Bank Communities|publisher=Humanitarian Emergency Policy Group (HEPG)|accessdate=2008-03-15|last=HEPG|quote=In preparation of the new route of the Barrier in Nazlat Isa, the IDF demolished more than 120 shops during August 2003. A second demolition of 82 shops was completed by the IDF in January 2003. Storeowners were given as little as 30 minutes to evacuate their premises before the demolitions started. Apart from Tulkarm town, Nazlat Isa was the main commercial centre for the Tulkarm area and was heavily dependent on commerce with Israel.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228223642/http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/docs/UN/OCHA/Barrierupdate7mar04.pdf|archivedate=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref name="nytimes_Jan_2003">{{cite news|date=2003-01-22|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1DF1030F931A15752C0A9659C8B63|title=Israel Destroys Arabs´ Shops in West Bank |work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-03-15|last=James Bennet|quote=Jan. 21 – The Israeli Army used bulldozers to flatten dozens of shops today in one of the few thriving Palestinian commercial centers near the West Bank boundary, saying that the store owners lacked permits.}}</ref>

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nazlat 'Isa had a population of approximately 2,502 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,302 inhabitants by 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" /><ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207042002/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx |date=2008-02-07 }} Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.</ref> 8.7% of the population of Nazlat 'Isa were refugees in 1997.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207051850/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx |date=2012-02-07 }} Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics</ref> The healthcare facilities for Nazlat 'Isa are designated as MOH level 2.<ref>[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4809864A0C3B9B9F85256FE80050855D/$File/healthinforum_tulkarem_opt280205.pdf?OpenElement Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate]</ref>

==References== {{reflist|25em}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|editor=Barron, J.B.|title= Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher=Government of Palestine|year = 1923}} *{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=2}} *{{cite book |last= Dauphin |first = C.|author-link= Claudine Dauphin | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =French|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}} *{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}} *{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}} *{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|authorlink=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}} *{{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}} *{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}} {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Nazlat__Isa_1454/index.html Welcome To Nazlat 'Isa] *[https://palsolidarity.org/tag/nazlat-issa/ Nazlat Issa] *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015091439/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8389 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.08.jpg Wikimedia commons]

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